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Current endeavours by the Moldovan government to strengthen decentralisation and regionalisation in the country were at the centre of an exchange of views between Congress President Keith Whitmore and Marian Lupu, President ad interim of Moldova and First Speaker of Parliament, in the margins of the Parliamentary Assembly Session in Strasbourg. Mr Lupu presented the roadmap for adoption of the National Decentralisation Strategy for Moldova and invited the Congress to actively comment on this strategy which he described as “a comprehensive and systemic approach to decentralisation implying transfer of power, duties and resources to local and regional authorities. We need the Congress as partner to further develop decentralisation in Moldova”, the President ad interim stated. Congress President Keith Whitmore welcomed this approach as being in line with the Congress overall policy and pointed to the importance of local associations in order to be a strong voice for grassroots policies. The Congress will carry out the 2nd part of the Monitoring Mission to Moldova at the beginning of November 2011.
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